Cannot customize notifications

[Guest]

I am suffering the same problem described by Bob Johnson in a post dated
11/24/2005, entitled Customize Notification, which apparently was never
resolved. When I attempt to customize items in the notification area the only
choice I am offered is "Hide when inactive."

That is, after getting to the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialogue,
the Hide inactive icons button is checked and the Customize button is
clicked. But when I select any of the Current Items, the Associated Behavior
is locked in at "Hide when inactive." It is impossible to display or select
any of the other options that are supposed to be available (Always hide or
Always Show). I have tried clicking on the item and clicking on the behavior.
Neither works. Based on Johnson's thread, it appears that it might be an HKCU
issue. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

MYSTERY SOLVED!

Although it appears that the Behavior list is a standard drop-down menu, in
fact clicking on the downward-pointing arrow will accomplish nothing when
experiencing this problem. The three choices will NOT appear. And that is why
it only appears that the current setting cannot be changed. Instead, pressing
the "A" key successively will cause the "Always Hide" and "Always Show"
choices to display alternately and pressing the "H" key will cause the "Hide
when inactive" choice to display. It appears that this behavior is some kind
of bug, because the drop down menu does work properly on some of my user
accounts and not on others.

So, the solution to this problem is simply to click on the desired item and
then to depress the A or H keys when the drop-down menu appears to be locked
out.